Serena Williams |
U.S. professional tennis player, who in 1999 became the first African American woman since Althea Gibson to win a Grand Slam tournament (b.1981). |
serendipitous |
having happened or having been discovered purely by happy accident. |
serendipity |
lucky coincidence or accidental discovery of something pleasant or valuable. [2 definitions] |
serene |
free from trouble or disturbance; unruffled; tranquil. [3 definitions] |
serenity |
the condition or quality of being untroubled, peaceful, or tranquil. |
serf |
in feudal societies, a person who is held in servitude on a lord's land and who may be sold or otherwise transferred with the land. [2 definitions] |
serge |
a sturdy suiting material with a diagonal weave. |
sergeant |
in the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, or Air Force, any of several ranks of noncommissioned officers above the rank of corporal or airman first class. [4 definitions] |
sergeant at arms |
an officer whose primary duty is to keep order in a legislature, court, social club, or the like. |
sergeant first class |
in the U.S. Army, a noncommissioned officer who ranks above a staff sergeant and below a master sergeant. |
sergeant major |
in the U.S. Army and Marine Corps, a noncommissioned officer of the highest rank. [3 definitions] |
serial |
a work published, produced, or broadcast in regular installments. [4 definitions] |
serialize |
to write, put, or publish (a story or the like) in serial form. [2 definitions] |
serial number |
a number that is one of a series and is assigned to someone or something for identification, as to a soldier, automobile, or piece of paper currency. |
seriatim |
in series; one after another. |
series |
a group of related events, works, or objects that come one after another in sequence or are arranged in a particular order on the basis of a common characteristic. [2 definitions] |
serif |
in typography, any of the extra-fine lines or extensions of lines that are added to the main strokes in some styles of type. (Cf. sans serif.) |
serigraph |
a color print made by silk-screening. |
serine |
a nonessential amino acid found in many proteins. |
seriocomic |
serious and comical at the same time, as a novel or play. |
serious |
marked by careful, weighty thinking. [6 definitions] |